linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block: Force sector and nr_sects to device alignment and granularity.

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Message-ID: <1394653918.31499.206.camel@bobble.lax.corp.google.com>
Date:	Wed, 12 Mar 2014 12:51:58 -0700
From:	Frank Mayhar <fmayhar@...gle.com>
To:	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
Cc:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
	Theodore Tso <tytso@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block:  Force sector and nr_sects to device alignment
 and granularity.

On Wed, 2014-03-12 at 15:33 -0400, Jeff Moyer wrote:
> No, TRIM is advisory, even for well-formed TRIMs.  I guess you could
> alter the definition of successful and have a correct statement there.

Yeah, you're right.  How about "is more likely to be successful."

> Sure, there's no sense getting information from the device and not using
> it.  I guess you've talked me into it.

In fact that was the gist of the local bug I fixed with this.  "The
driver has gone to the trouble of giving us this information, we should
use it."
-- 
Frank Mayhar
310-460-4042

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